Wagon-tongue iron



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WAGON TONGUE IRON. No. 332,766. Patented 1360.22, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER VANORMAN, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY V.HURLBUT, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

WAGON-TONGUE iRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,766, dated December22. 1885.

Serial No. 160,234. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.: l

Be it known that I, OLIVER VANORMAN, of Rockford, in the county ofVinnebagqand in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wagon-Tongue Irons; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to holdback-irons for wagon-tongues, and will befully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improvedholdback-'iron, and Fig. 2 is a like view of the front end of awagon-tongue with one of my irons in place thereon.

A is the tongue, which is slotted vertically to receive the web B of myimproved iron, which latter has a ange, B', at top, and a similarflange, B2, at the bottom, which after the web has been inserted inthe'tongue are to be bent over so as to clamp it and conform to itsshape, forming wear-irons. The lug b for the neck-yoke ring depends fromthe under side of the ange B2, and from a front iange, e, the clevis Cextends.

My iron is cast entirely in one piece, and when in place on the tongueis secured by a bolt or rivet,D,that passes through the tongue and anopening, d, in the web.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article ofmanufacture, a holdbackiron for wagon-tongues,consisting of a central web adapted for insertion into a slot in thetongue, and anges that clamp the tongue from above and below, alug forthe neck-yoke ring on its under side, and a clevis in front,substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I l have hereunto set my hand,atRockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, in thepresence of two witnesses.

OLIVER VANORMAN. Witnesses: S. G. BRoNsoN, H. D. EAsTMAN.

